Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.
Action Against Hunger is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Management Information Systems (MIS) Officer
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Job Description:
The MIS Officer will support in implementing the Improving food access and nutrition for vulnerable displaced and host population in Yobe State, in Northern Nigeria. The MIS Officer’s role will be largely limited to the establishment, management and capacity building of local staff on project information system for greater project reporting and overall impact. This program aims to provide cash and/or vouchers to the IDPs and host communities to provide immediate access to food.
Summary of Key Objectives:
- Establishment of an integrated MIS into the cash program to ensure compliance with donor objectives and methodology
- Ensure proper and timely implementation, management and capacity building on MIS
- Document good practice from planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities
- Represent ACF in relevant local forums and technical working groups where necessary
Qualifications & Essential Skills
- Bachelor Degree in IT, MIS or related field. Higher level degree preferred
- Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and culturally sensitive
- Minimum two years’ experience working with donor funded programming
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other programming (Access, Outlook, Excel, Power Point, and Word)
- Skills on statistical and other software (MS Excel, SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, etc.)
- Proven ability to create management information systems for large amounts of data within a complex program
- Knowledge and experience in using database specific software
- Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills
- Fluent in English
- Experience designing and leading capacity building and training for national teams.
- Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy
Preferred
- Fluent in Hausa
- Previous experience in M&E, MIS of cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
- IT troubleshooting capabilities
- Previous experience with ACF
Application Closing Date
Sunday, 9th November, 2014
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's together with their Cover Letters as an email attachment to:
[email protected] Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.
Note: Please do not attach your certificates to the application email. Any application received after Sunday, 9th November 2014 will not be considered.